Decaf Teshuva

Photo Credit: Yishai Fleisher (((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) With no coffee because of the slow-fast-day, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for post-Rosh HaShana pre-Yom Kippur schmoozing about the “fun” work of repentance and the good side of humanity’s backsliding. Then Malkah Fleisher on her favorite moment of the new year and deep thoughts […]

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Return To Sender

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Every year, on the Shabbat preceding Yom Kippur, we read the prophet Hoshea’s famous words: “Return O Israel until Hashem, your G-d” (Hosea 14:2). Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim of Breslau (1740-1814) writes that the two-letter root shin-bet – which is the core of the words “shuv,” “shuvah,” and “teshuvah – denotes returning […]

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Saved By A Cop Stop

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I don’t look back happily at the day I began working with Ryan. Our working relationship was complicated from the start. Ryan promised things, but didn’t deliver. He rarely stuck to schedule, often arriving on the construction site only after numerous coaxing calls. Every step needed extra prodding, begging, and convincing. […]

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The Cry On Yom Kippur

Photo Credit: Jewish Press There’s an old and totally apocryphal story about the nineteenth century French Jewish aristocrat Baron de Rothschild, whose wife was in her bedroom with a nurse, in the last stages of delivery while he was sitting downstairs playing a game of cards with his friends. Suddenly they heard her cry, “Mon […]

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Ramallah Youths’ Discovery of IDF Camouflaged Surveillance Camera May Hurt Microsoft Startup

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Youths from the village of Kober destroyed IDF surveillance camera Youths from the village of Kober, northwest of Ramallah, posted a video and photos showing a camouflaged video camera that was hidden inside a concrete block by Israeli security forces in the village cemetery, Ma’an reported Friday. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); […]

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Q & A: Wherefore Ne’ilah?

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: Why do we recite a fifth prayer – Ne’ilah – on Yom Kippur but on no other day of the year? G. Goodman Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Answer: Yom Kippur possesses extra sanctity. The Sefer HaChinuch (mitzvah 185) […]

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e-Edition: October 4, 2019

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Click on the image below to read the paper. The new issue will appear every Friday morning. It may take up to one minute for the print edition below to appear. Once loaded, click on it to view a full page version. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, […]

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What Do You Want Your Child To Be?

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Ask any young person – even a young child – “What do you want to be?” and just about everyone will answer, “A doctor,” “An engineer,” “A teacher,” “A firefighter,” “An airplane pilot,” or a member of some other profession. This is completely understandable. But I have a suggestion that will […]

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